Sukhoi Su-27/30/33/35/37 Flanker series & Su-34 Fullback - History, Design, Performance & Dissection (Part 2)

new su-35s pics dropped, interception over the baltic sea

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a more likely loadout would be:
6x r37
2x r77
2x r73

alltho 4x r77 is also possible (but i personally prefer having atleast some IR missiles)

it can also carry r60 double pylons

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A “loss” of lift? There practically is none.

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here’s a photo of su30sm (left) and su30sm2 (right). you can really see the differences, the most prominent one imo is the extra antenna below the nose on the sm2

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from that angle yes

but if you see it from the front or top you can look at the leading edge to differentiate them

Su-30SM2:

Su-30SM:

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hopefully it means extended rwr angles

you also can clearly see additonal cm pods

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Su-30SM has SPO-30, Su-30SM2 has SPO-32.

Well, RWR antennas are those little knobs. But this giant radiotransparent panel makes me wonder if it’s those mythical L-band radar antennas that are rumored to be on Su-35S in the leading edge slats.

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never heard anyone refer to l-150 as spo 30/32. even in russian publications it still calls it Л150

Functionality wise they could be identiical. It seems that it’s still a good old L-150 just tweaked for SM2 airframe. Like it was done for most of Flanker airframes

you mean these?
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in your video the su30 is dying out and cant rebuild any energy. in dcs the su30 can rebuild the energy after stall.

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yeah because the su30 has like 0 lift at high aoa in wt compared to dcs. but the maneuver is still possible, just the recovery is uh… questionable. like i wanted to do the side to side motion the su30 in dcs did as well but the moment i tried to do it i realized i wouldve just crashed lol so i went full recovery mode

Yeah, they were shown but i couldn’t find any info if they are actually installed on Su-35S or were just offered. Tho with SM2 leading edge slats i am inclined to believe that those panels are for them.

the saddest thing when the su30 come to the dev server the flight model pretty accurate to real life. they just overnerf for usamain crying like the mig29 flight models. so the su30 dont need better engine just need a normal flight model

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no it wasnt

it was even worse

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im pretty sure it actually got buffed in dev lol, su30 first dev was horrendous. they buffed all flankers that dev

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L-150 is the full system suite, SPO-30 is the initial designation given to the digital RWR while SPO-32 is similar, though also tied to the aircraft’s FCS to assist in target identification and attack.

L-150 contains SPO-30
L-175 contains SPO-32

no they didnt the AoA button wasnt a buff

with its addition the flankers started to stall asymetrically in a symetric manouver

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